This is something like a blog post, so ignore me if you want.
Six months ago, I wrote a book for NaNoWriMo. Well, I've been putting off editing it, but that is a good thing. Six months letting it settle is a perfect amount of time. Now, it is time to edit it. I must say, it's like reading something that someone else wrote. It's kind of an interesting experience. Anyway, wish me luck. It's going off to be read by what you might call a test audience as I get through it. It's a little weird to be letting someone else read it.
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That's very good working practice, one that I follow myself (though I haven't written anything worth mentioning for ages) - write it, forget about it, rewrite it with a fresh eye (or a pen or whatever if you prefer). Many people worry their work to death by constantly rewriting everything they write as they write it, desperately trying to find the perfect words. Often the result is they lose interest before they get anywhere near halfway. The best advice I was ever given was "Don't get it right - get it written" and it's hard to argue with that.
Ok, enough rambling from me. Good luck and don't worry about the test audience; you can always shoot 'em afterwards.
Good luck with the editing, Shell!
I take it I'm your test audience then, judging by the two chapters sitting in my inbox?
(23rd May 2012 02:29)Shell B Wrote: [ -> ]This is something like a blog post, so ignore me if you want.
Six months ago, I wrote a book for NaNoWriMo. Well, I've been putting off editing it, but that is a good thing. Six months letting it settle is a perfect amount of time. Now, it is time to edit it. I must say, it's like reading something that someone else wrote. It's kind of an interesting experience. Anyway, wish me luck. It's going off to be read by what you might call a test audience as I get through it. It's a little weird to be letting someone else read it.
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What is it about, friend?
Thank you for the well wishes, everyone. I am almost three-quarters of the way done and, for the first time ever, someone (Tiberius) has read part of it.
It is a fiction horror novel with elements of mythology, Kilic. I had to keep it simple because the challenge was to write it in a month. I did that six months ago.
My next book I think will be a collection of short stories about the humor that can be found in mental illness through the people who have lived the stories and found a way to laugh at them.
(27th May 2012 18:11)Shell B Wrote: [ -> ]My next book I think will be a collection of short stories about the humor that can be found in mental illness through the people who have lived the stories and found a way to laugh at them.
Can I be a part of this, just because I can find the humor in everything?
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And if I don't have a mental illness or two... then just what crazy ailment are 'normal' people suffering from?!
Haha, you can certainly be a part of it! I actually had a bit of an epiphany while I was typing this. Perhaps I could collect stories from our members, publish the book and then donate the proceeds of its sales to the forum. Brilliant!
